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World Aids Awareness Day

Date When Celebrated : Always December 1

World Aids Awareness Day is today. This day is noted around the world, by fundraisers and educational programs, and events.

HIV/AIDS is one of the worlds biggest medical crises. It is estimated that approximately 40 million people in the world currently have aids. One million of them, are in the United States. Each year, over 40,000 new cases are reported in the U.S.

On this day, there are a number of things you can do. They include:

• Learn more about HIV/AIDs.
• Promote education about this disease, and protection against it.
• Help people with AIDS.
• Donate to the fight to end this disease.

Please do what you can to support the fight against HIV/AIDS.

World Aids Awareness Day was created in 1988 by the United Nations World Health Organization.

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